Generalized stability landscape of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

M Willeit, A Ganopolski - Earth System Dynamics, 2024 - esd.copernicus.org
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) plays a crucial role in shaping
climate conditions over the North Atlantic region and beyond, and its future stability is a …

Similar North Pacific variability despite suppressed El Niño variability in the warm mid-Pliocene climate

AM Oldeman, MLJ Baatsen… - Earth System …, 2024 - esd.copernicus.org
The mid-Pliocene is the most recent geological period with similar atmospheric CO 2
concentration to the present day and similar surface temperatures to those projected at the …

Emergence of a climate oscillation in the Arctic Ocean due to global warming

SK Kim, SI An - Nature Climate Change, 2024 - nature.com
Global warming is expected to be able to trigger abrupt transitions in various components of
the climate system. Most studies focus on abrupt changes in the mean state of the system …

[HTML][HTML] Highly stratified mid-Pliocene Southern Ocean in PlioMIP2

JE Weiffenbach, HA Dijkstra, AS von der Heydt… - Climate of the …, 2024 - cp.copernicus.org
During the mid-Pliocene warm period (mPWP; 3.264–3.025 Ma), atmospheric CO 2
concentrations were approximately 400 ppm, and the Antarctic Ice Sheet was substantially …

Impacts of an active Pacific Meridional Overturning Circulation on the Pliocene climate and hydrological cycle

M Fu, AV Fedorov - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Geochemical evidence indicates that deep water formed in the North Pacific during the
Pliocene (5.3–2.6 Ma), the most recent geological epoch when atmospheric CO 2 was near …

[HTML][HTML] Causes of the weak emergent constraint on climate sensitivity at the Last Glacial Maximum

M Renoult, N Sagoo, J Zhu, T Mauritsen - Climate of the Past, 2023 - cp.copernicus.org
The use of paleoclimates to constrain the equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) has seen a
growing interest. In particular, the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the mid-Pliocene warm …

Climate conundrum: A wet or dry European and Northern African climate during the middle Miocene

RP Acosta, NJ Burls, MJ Pound… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
End of 21st‐century hydroclimate projections suggest an expansion of subtropical dry
zones, with Mediterranean and Sahel regions becoming much drier. However …

Pliocene warmth and patterns of climate change inferred from paleoclimate data assimilation

JE Tierney, J King, MB Osman, JT Abell… - AGU …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
As the last time period when CO 2 CO_2 concentrations were near 400 ppm, the Pliocene
Epoch (5.33–2.58 Ma) is a useful paleoclimate target for understanding future climate …

Carbon Cycle and Circulation Change in the North Pacific Ocean at the Initiation of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation Constrained by Boron‐Based Proxies in Diatoms

HK Donald, GEA Swann, JWB Rae… - Paleoceanography and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation (iNHG) at 2.73 Ma is
associated with a reorganization of the subarctic Pacific Ocean and abrupt drop in opal …

The hydrological cycle and ocean circulation of the Maritime Continent in the Pliocene: results from PlioMIP2

X Ren, DJ Lunt, E Hendy, A Von Der Heydt… - Climate of the …, 2023 - cp.copernicus.org
Abstract The Maritime Continent (MC) forms the western boundary of the tropical Pacific
Ocean, and relatively small changes in this region can impact the climate locally and …